#men

Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do. ↗

— Mencius

#firmly #free #men #ought #vigorously

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#aim #alarmed #endless #endless series #hence

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#about #bachelors #know #married #married men

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#between #desires #enjoyments #every #every man

Walk away from gossip and verbal defamation. Speak only the good you know of other people and encourage others to do the same. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#encouragement #gossip #happiness #life #experience

In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously. ↗

— Pras Michel

#better #feel #grow #grown #i

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed? ↗

— Michelangelo

#blind #cannot #clothed #empty #fact

Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time. ↗

— Stephanie Zimbalist

#makes #mentally #puzzle #stimulating #think

I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in and boast of it. ↗

— Edward Irving

#fearful #i #ignorance #most #omen

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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